similar stuff as the discussions in germany some time ago , now the US want to have a law to to arrest and prosecute persons who are affiliates and live inside the US and link to online gambling offers… that’s tough, eh?

There’s a great post about the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act posted on that blog by Bill – and he certainly is right if he calls it Black Friday For Online Gambling

As to the impacts on poker and sportsbetting, this new law is going to be DEVASTATING. Especially for poker. . .

C. Online betting sites will likely not be able to post banner ads and links to gaming sites, especially those based inside the US. “Aiding and abetting” laws could result in arrest and prosecution for those who provide links to US residents. Poker magazines, online betting forums, and even MadJacks could suffer. I remain uncertain as to how severe this impact will be, especially at MadJacks. But for the hundreds of poker sites/sports sties and blogs out there that are dependent upon online poker and sportsbook advertising, many will go out of business. Once again, this might not seem a big issue to everyone, but these are the pioneers who are bringing in new poker players and sports bettors and when they dry up, the market shrinks and everyone is adversely affected.

D. Many sites use what are called affiliates. Persons who are affiliates and live inside the US will now be subject to arrest and prosecution, particularly those who do not block financial transactions from the US.

Pretty scary stuff IMHO for all those poker affiliates… but the general attitude of the US regime to put more control, “home security” and now – using the right word from the Act’s title PROHIBITION continues an ever lasting trend of happenings in the US that put even more control and observation on the public as we might have expected that only FIVE years ago… frighening…

I just wonder how they would like to enforce that – fully automated by the help of the search engines? Thanks – big brother is watching.

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I’m happy not doing Gambling business, and even more happy not living in the US – honestly!